this won't change anything! i'll still be posting on here!
but just thought i'd let other peeps know =)
link to follow: a ramblin' mess.
3.30.2010
3.10.2010
blog update!
so i've been pretty busy with both school-work, work, and watching Lost/House to actually update this little blog of mine.
LOST. Lost, Lost, Lost. it really saddens me that there's only 9 episodes left until the epic 2-hour series finale. very sad. loved last night's episode though! i'm glad that Richard is coming back into the story.
this week, also saw the return of House! hurrah! and it was amazing. god, i love the relationship that House has with Wilson.
so, what's coming up within the next couple of weeks:
1) Alice In Wonderland - in regular film. none of this 3D crap. please, don't buy into this whole 3D stuff. it's all just a gimmick. i was told, as well that, here in Ottawa there's only like 2 good screens to watch the 3D thing and actually experience it as it should be...sitting far back enough to get the full experience of the 3D. cos you can't really get that full experience sitting way up at the front of the screen. nope.
2) reviews for: Jason Collett, Matthew Barber...and much more!
Listen to: "Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto Remix)" by Massive Attack. amazing.
Look at: this amazing little blazer. loves it. i wants it. it's not just for men....is it?
(which also reminds me, that i had an idea: a men's America's Next Top Model? or Canada's? or even Britain's? wouldn't that be loverly? just an idea.)
LOST. Lost, Lost, Lost. it really saddens me that there's only 9 episodes left until the epic 2-hour series finale. very sad. loved last night's episode though! i'm glad that Richard is coming back into the story.
this week, also saw the return of House! hurrah! and it was amazing. god, i love the relationship that House has with Wilson.
so, what's coming up within the next couple of weeks:
1) Alice In Wonderland - in regular film. none of this 3D crap. please, don't buy into this whole 3D stuff. it's all just a gimmick. i was told, as well that, here in Ottawa there's only like 2 good screens to watch the 3D thing and actually experience it as it should be...sitting far back enough to get the full experience of the 3D. cos you can't really get that full experience sitting way up at the front of the screen. nope.
2) reviews for: Jason Collett, Matthew Barber...and much more!
Listen to: "Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto Remix)" by Massive Attack. amazing.
Look at: this amazing little blazer. loves it. i wants it. it's not just for men....is it?
(which also reminds me, that i had an idea: a men's America's Next Top Model? or Canada's? or even Britain's? wouldn't that be loverly? just an idea.)
11.23.2009
i'd look psychotic in a balaclava.
there is so much new music on the front, and so much work to be done, that i haven't had the time to evaluate it all! ack! but it'll get done, i'm sure. at one point or another... now that that is cleared up, moving on...
them prepsters (preppy+hipsters)/indie kids have done it again. Vampire Weekend will be releasing their sophomore album in January, but already their single "Horchata" has me anxiously waiting for more.
this time, the boys have brought a little more spice to their music, with sounds from Africa or the Caribbean or some other exotic place (so they say) influencing their music. it is evident in the drum beats in this song, but not in their other newest release "Cousins" (which is way more upbeat and fast-paced).
on a side note from their music, their album artwork also has this air of...something or other in it. (again, i think it's the hipster thing. not sure.)
read this blog's post on it - and also take a listen to it too. it's fun.
9.29.2009
Muse & The Resistance.
ahhh...okay. here it goes.
now to be completely and utterly honest, this new album is not one of my favourites. this album, with all its hype and press that it's getting seems to me just excess (overrated perhaps?).
i love Muse. i really do. but...with this album i was somewhat expecting something more.
and, i was hoping for something that was more like their second or third album.
that being said though, coming off of their fourth album (Black Holes and Revelations) it comes as no surprise that their sound is almost in the same vein: stadium rock-pop, with a tinge of space-age stuff.
yes, this album has much adhered to the likes of "Knights Of Cydonia" or "Supermassive Black Hole" - two of their biggest songs on Black Holes... - and so, it has also (I PERSONALLY BELIEVE) become muchmuchmuch more pop-oriented.
the way i see it: "Supermassive Black Hole" really only had re-surged and skyrocketed into charts because of (dundunduhn) Twilight. and the followers and obsessors of that film (myself not included) are teens and pre-teens - a large and important fact to this whole argument here.
yay, good for Muse that they have one of their songs featured in one of the biggest grossing romance- films of the past like...5 years. good on them.
their exposure though to the likes of kids 10 years or younger and for these young guns to keep listening to their music...well, there is really only one thing that Muse would have to do. and that would be to make some more pop-rock music - more...consumer-friendly? commercial? i s'pose.
(take a listen to "Guiding Light", "Undisclosed Desires",
this is all just speculation. and my own personal opinion. (which hardly seems to matter, given the fact that The Resistance has topped the charts everywhere.)
now, what i would've liked was for Muse to go back to making some of their great stadium rock songs, like on Absolution (i have in mind "Stockholm Syndrome")
some of the songs do, in fact, hearken back to those sounds ("Unnatural Selection").
i do remember reading this one review, that had said "United States of Eurasia" was the Queen song that Queen never wrote. agreeably, it is. you can't not head-bang to this, or sing-along to "Eura-SIA. SIA. SIA."
and this album does have one of the most amazing rock 'symphonies' i have every heard: the last three songs, each titled "Exogenesis," are the highlight of the album for me. Each Part certainly features some of the best piano parts, especially Part 3, which also ends with a pleading Bellamy singing "Let's start over again..." (Oh, should mention here too that the ending of "United States of Eurasia" features the bonus "Collateral Damage" - which is basically Chopin's famous and beautifully written "Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2")
to wrap up my ramblin'...it's a pretty decent album. one that only they could've made. and i'm not saying that i didn't like it...it'll just have to grow on me.
9.23.2009
break chains, make change.
a band you need to know about:
Bike For Three!
a perfect blend of mister Buck 65's (aka Rich Terfry) hip-hop-rap-storytelling style and Belgian musician Greetings From Tuskan's dance-pop-synth beats. they are a rare and unusual pair who have together used their skills and talents to create something unique and fun. a pair that have never exactly met before - using the interwebs as their means of communicating with each other.
worth listening to:
Lazarus Phenomenon
All There Is To Say About Love (watch a fun, live video)
ALSO for those Buck 65 fans:
Dirtbike. (very worthy of checking out if a fan of lo-fi-indie-hip-hop-rap-turntable-stuff)
Bike For Three!
a perfect blend of mister Buck 65's (aka Rich Terfry) hip-hop-rap-storytelling style and Belgian musician Greetings From Tuskan's dance-pop-synth beats. they are a rare and unusual pair who have together used their skills and talents to create something unique and fun. a pair that have never exactly met before - using the interwebs as their means of communicating with each other.
worth listening to:
Lazarus Phenomenon
All There Is To Say About Love (watch a fun, live video)
ALSO for those Buck 65 fans:
Dirtbike. (very worthy of checking out if a fan of lo-fi-indie-hip-hop-rap-turntable-stuff)
7.08.2009
walk with me, moby...
i've never really listened that much to Moby before...until his new release of "Wait For Me".
and let me just say that i am quite impressed.
Moby was inspired to create this album while listening to filmmaker David Lynch speak at the BAFTA Awards in February 2008. Lynch’s message – creativity for its own sake is a beautiful, wonderful thing – was a simple one, but it hit Moby with force. “At that moment, I decided to just make records that were more personal, maybe more experimental, and a little more challenging, maybe not as easy to like, but things that I found to be artistically and creatively more satisfying. That was the idea behind making the new album.” (from here)
it is one of those albums that you can leave on, and either a) just listen to; or b) put on as background music (which, is not really a bad thing).
it is also one of those albums that you should listen to entirely - from the moment you hit play right until the last second of the last song.
in some ways, it has this cinematic quality to it: some of the 'instrumental' songs sound as if they belong to some sort of drama film. (Division, Shot In The Back of the Head, A Seated Night...Slow Light)
*good to note here, the music video for Shot In The Back Of The Head was directed by David Lynch. huh.
the rest of the 'non-instrumental' songs (if you will) all feature vocals from moby's friends...and are unknowns who could very well have a future in the music industry. Moby himself though lends his singing talents on the pop-esque 'love' song, Mistake.
a great listening experience, even for those who are not fans of techno or electronic music.
added bonus: the cover art is of a cute little alien drawing looking wistfully at the moon. it really is cute.
songs worth listening to: Shot In The Back Of The Head (video), Walk With Me, Study War, .
worth checking out: film music - from moby.com
and let me just say that i am quite impressed.
Moby was inspired to create this album while listening to filmmaker David Lynch speak at the BAFTA Awards in February 2008. Lynch’s message – creativity for its own sake is a beautiful, wonderful thing – was a simple one, but it hit Moby with force. “At that moment, I decided to just make records that were more personal, maybe more experimental, and a little more challenging, maybe not as easy to like, but things that I found to be artistically and creatively more satisfying. That was the idea behind making the new album.” (from here)
it is one of those albums that you can leave on, and either a) just listen to; or b) put on as background music (which, is not really a bad thing).
it is also one of those albums that you should listen to entirely - from the moment you hit play right until the last second of the last song.
in some ways, it has this cinematic quality to it: some of the 'instrumental' songs sound as if they belong to some sort of drama film. (Division, Shot In The Back of the Head, A Seated Night...Slow Light)
*good to note here, the music video for Shot In The Back Of The Head was directed by David Lynch. huh.
the rest of the 'non-instrumental' songs (if you will) all feature vocals from moby's friends...and are unknowns who could very well have a future in the music industry. Moby himself though lends his singing talents on the pop-esque 'love' song, Mistake.
a great listening experience, even for those who are not fans of techno or electronic music.
added bonus: the cover art is of a cute little alien drawing looking wistfully at the moon. it really is cute.
songs worth listening to: Shot In The Back Of The Head (video), Walk With Me, Study War, .
worth checking out: film music - from moby.com
5.20.2009
it's been a while !
it's been quite a while actually since i've written anything on here !
i keep forgetting to publish my posts to this blog from facebook...dear me.
meh. can't really say a whole lot has been happening. haha.
although, here's some worthwhile things to write upon in near future:
1) new releases/newly purchased albums: Pilot Speed, Patrick Watson, Sebastien Grainger (more below)...White Rabbits
2) Franz Ferdinand's concert in TO...and trip to The Hour.
3) summer movie blockbusters to look forward to.
4) summer concerts to look forward to.
5) Chuck Palahniuk's newest novel, Pygmy. and Chuck Palahniuk in general.
but, here now is a wee blurb (as i kind of had nothing else to say except for "LISTEN TO IT.") on Sebastien Grainger's album that i had picked up:
[published a while ago.]
after the sad and sudden break-up of Death From Above 1979, both members - Jesse Keeler and Sebastien Grainger - moved onto their own individual projects. Keeler went onto MSTRKRFT.
and...well, Sebastien Grainger joined with the Mountains to form Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains.
which...brings me to my whole discussion on his album (not exactly newly released, but newly purchased.)
from the get-go (DFA 1979) i've had a liking for Sebastien Grainger's voice. it is different. it's definitely a voice that one can recognize, after hearing it.
i'm not sure exactly how to describe his voice on DFA's album You're A Woman, I'm A Machine (which, for those punk-rock-listeners out there...this is definitely an album worth listening to, if you have not yet listened to it.)
but on his new (solo) stuff...his voice is quite...soulful, really.
that does not go to say though that Grainger discards the punk-rock genre-style from DFA. he still maintains an edge in his vocals.
so, Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains the album is pretty solid. there are maybe one or two tracks that sound almost similar...but they're still great.
best tracks: (but not necessarily the best videos)
(Are There) Ways To Come Home?
By Cover of Night (Fire Fight)
Renegade Silence
i keep forgetting to publish my posts to this blog from facebook...dear me.
meh. can't really say a whole lot has been happening. haha.
although, here's some worthwhile things to write upon in near future:
1) new releases/newly purchased albums: Pilot Speed, Patrick Watson, Sebastien Grainger (more below)...White Rabbits
2) Franz Ferdinand's concert in TO...and trip to The Hour.
3) summer movie blockbusters to look forward to.
4) summer concerts to look forward to.
5) Chuck Palahniuk's newest novel, Pygmy. and Chuck Palahniuk in general.
but, here now is a wee blurb (as i kind of had nothing else to say except for "LISTEN TO IT.") on Sebastien Grainger's album that i had picked up:
[published a while ago.]
after the sad and sudden break-up of Death From Above 1979, both members - Jesse Keeler and Sebastien Grainger - moved onto their own individual projects. Keeler went onto MSTRKRFT.
and...well, Sebastien Grainger joined with the Mountains to form Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains.
which...brings me to my whole discussion on his album (not exactly newly released, but newly purchased.)
from the get-go (DFA 1979) i've had a liking for Sebastien Grainger's voice. it is different. it's definitely a voice that one can recognize, after hearing it.
i'm not sure exactly how to describe his voice on DFA's album You're A Woman, I'm A Machine (which, for those punk-rock-listeners out there...this is definitely an album worth listening to, if you have not yet listened to it.)
but on his new (solo) stuff...his voice is quite...soulful, really.
that does not go to say though that Grainger discards the punk-rock genre-style from DFA. he still maintains an edge in his vocals.
so, Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains the album is pretty solid. there are maybe one or two tracks that sound almost similar...but they're still great.
best tracks: (but not necessarily the best videos)
(Are There) Ways To Come Home?
By Cover of Night (Fire Fight)
Renegade Silence
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